#C499EF#C499EF

#C499EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499EF
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 32.21, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 49.23, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0762 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.128 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7331, 40.7506, 86.8903)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499EF #C4EF99

analogous

#9999EF #C499EF #EF99EF

triadic

#C499EF #EFC499 #99EFC4

tetradic

#C499EF #EF9999 #C4EF99 #99EFEF

square

#C499EF #EF9999 #C4EF99 #99EFEF

split-complementary

#C499EF #EFEF99 #99EF99

monochromatic

#872FDE #A564E7 #C499EF #E3CEF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C499EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C499EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499EF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499EF	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7f4',
    500: '#c499ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499ef;
$custom-light: #d7b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499EF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51173

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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